Murphy's Law
Source status: Attributed to Anonymous
The harder you study, the farther behind you get. Knowing mathematics and teaching mathematics are not equivalent.
- Anonymous
What is "obvious" to everyone else won't be to you.
- Anonymous
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This law belongs with Murphy's College Student Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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